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05.10.2018

One Step Closer

After another evening we're now one step closer to start writing our story.

We spent the evening discovering who our two main characters are, what their back stories are and how they are both similar in many respects. During our discussion more of the overall story is starting to form.

We still have one major character to create and this will then form the basis of the ending.

After our first u-turn we are feeling positive about the story and the current direction we are taking.

27.09.2018

Another twist to the tale!

Well two weeks on from our last missive and the direction has changed somewhat. Lots of reasons and as we went away two weeks ago so positive about our thoughts, a great example of the need to dwell on thoughts and process all the potential difficulties and realities of filming. We both felt the story was not quite what we wanted so went back to the drawing board but kept some of our main objectives for filming.

This time we have a story which involves a long-standing idea we have had and at this moment in time seems a filmable and entertaining story with some nice twists and back story. I would like to give some spoilers but won’t as, guess what, it would spoil it.

Next steps will be to flesh out the backgrounds of each character and then story outline before inviting people in to improvise around the scenes. This helps get an element of reality to scripting.

We would like to show more and tell less in this film. In other words let the visuals tell the story a bit more rather than rely on dialogue. A more cinematic approach was discussed within the limitations of the equipment we have so that it feels more like a movie than a TV production. Time will tell but we definitely will need to go out to practice some of the techniques.

So, all in all a successful evening with steps in a more solid direction. No odds on whether this idea will change however.

12.09.2018

Brain storming

After a summer break we are now starting planning our latest production for 2019.

Yesterday evening we started with a blank sheet of paper and listed down the things we'd like to achieve and things we didn't want to do again as a starting point, things like, Multiple locations rather than single locaiton, less dialgoue, etc. This drove various discussions and always we tend to go off topic.

By the end of the evening our blank sheet was less blank. We now have the rough outline of our story. Time will tell as to whether our initial ideas end up being the production we choose to do, but feel confident we have the spark we needed.

We will be aiming to use improvisation sessions again to help formulate some ideas and script, so if you in years 6, 7,8 or 9 and want to get involved in an improvisation session, please get in touch.

15.04.2018

BIAFF

On Sunday April 15th Darren Lalonde and Lindsay Townley producers of Significant Witness travelled to Harrogate in Yorkshire for the British International Amateur Film Festival (BIAFF) to receive a 5 Star Award and Best Affiliate Club Award on behalf of the Club.

The film was shown to a packed house along with other award winning films. Comments were all positive and it was nice to see our work held its own in amongst the other films.

25.03.2018

Premiere

Our film Significant Witness premiered at Cineworld St Neots to a near full house on Sunday 25th March. Thank you to our sponsors Goldstraw Concept Goldsmiths for their support and thanks to a wonderful cast and crew that helped make the film.

We won best club at the British International Amateur Film Festival(BIAFF) and also a 5 star award, with the two main members Leah Nicholson and Jim Henson just missing out on a best Acting Award.